How far was the race? If that Miata was made by "Monster Miata", out of California, it should have blown off your doors! Maybe you are a better driver and he just sat there spinning his wheels. Marv. # 17077 marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [DMCForum] How humiliating... > I recently pulled up the the line against a supermodified miata with a > Ford 302 and 280rwhp. We dragged and I beat him by probably less than a > car length. Weee! He said that only a ferrari has even beat him before. > Hee hee! > > Jim > > On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 22:05:46 +0100 Martin Gutkowski > <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > In accelleration tests, you must remember the DeLorean has extremely > > tall gears, especially compared to the Renault Alpines with the same > > > > gearbox and PRVs. My friend's 170hp DeLorean can be out-accellerated > > by > > a 2 litre Vauxhall cavalier with only 115 hp, but top-end is no > > contest, > > as Jan says > > > > Martin > > > > Jan van de Wouw wrote: > > > > >On 06-07-2003 21:08, thomaspaulmccoy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>I went up against a 90's Toyota pickup truck and a 1990 300ZX... > > >>and lost to both. That year Z supposedly has a 0-60 of 7 seconds, > > >>and a quarter of 15. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I NEVER do that... To spare me the humiliation before hand... > > >Even my sisters' Daewoo Matiz with its puny 3 cylinder > > >800cc engine out accelerates my DeLorean... > > > > > >BUT IN THE END I'M FASTER; at 80mph hers is finished > > >and mine just gets rolling! > > > > > >JAN van de Wouw > > >Thinking Different... Using a Mac... > > >Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... > > > > > >#05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595053/R=0/SIG=1245der9k/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3512152&yhad=1595053> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3512152.4794593.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595053/rand=588687486> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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